Calama weather in August

In August, Calama sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 3 mm of precipitation across 0.4 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 86% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 hours at the start of August to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Calama's 2nd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Calama's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 3 mm; 0.4 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 12 min; 8:03 AM – 7:16 PM
Cloud cover: 13%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 6.09 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.7; out of 10

Calama is city in Chile.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 6.8 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 4,838/km²; people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month.

A typical August day in Calama reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and about 1°C cooler than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	3
2	20	3
3	20	3
4	20	3
5	20	3
6	20	4
7	20	4
8	20	4
9	20	4
10	20	4
11	20	4
12	20	4
13	20	4
14	20	4
15	20	4
16	20	4
17	20	4
18	20	4
19	20	4
20	20	4
21	20	4
22	20	4
23	20	4
24	20	4
25	20	4
26	20	4
27	20	5
28	20	5
29	21	5
30	21	5
31	21	5

How August really feels in Calama

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Calama weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	22° / 10°	9	2.4	13.2	8.2
Feb	22° / 10°	11	2.7	12.8	8.2
Mar	22° / 9°	6	1.1	12.2	8.7
Apr	22° / 7°	2	0.3	11.5	8.9
May	20° / 5°	5	0.5	10.9	8.6
Jun	19° / 3°	4	0.3	10.7	8.3
Jul	19° / 3°	3	0.6	10.8	8.2
Aug	20° / 4°	3	0.4	11.2	8.7
Sep	21° / 6°	1	0.2	11.9	9.0
Oct	22° / 7°	0	0	12.5	9.2
Nov	23° / 8°	0	0	13.1	9.3
Dec	23° / 9°	1	0.3	13.4	8.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 86% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 8%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	91	91	91	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	91	91	91	92	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	94	94
Cloudier (%)	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	91	9
2	91	9
3	91	9
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	92	8
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	94	6
31	94	6

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Calama gets around 3 mm of rain and snow over 0.4 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 1% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	light breeze
7	12	light breeze
8	12	light breeze
9	12	light breeze
10	12	light breeze
11	12	light breeze
12	12	light breeze
13	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	12	light breeze
17	12	light breeze
18	12	light breeze
19	12	light breeze
20	12	light breeze
21	12	light breeze
22	12	light breeze
23	12	light breeze
24	12	light breeze
25	12	light breeze
26	12	light breeze
27	12	light breeze
28	12	light breeze
29	12	light breeze
30	12	light breeze
31	12	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 hours at the start of August to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 8:13 AM to 7:50 AM, and sunset from 7:10 PM to 7:21 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5
Sunrise (AM)	8:13	8:13	8:12	8:11	8:11	8:10	8:10	8:09	8:08	8:08	8:07	8:06	8:05	8:05	8:04	8:03	8:02	8:02	8:01	8:00	7:59	7:58	7:57	7:57	7:56	7:55	7:54	7:53	7:52	7:51	7:50
Sunset (PM)	7:10	7:11	7:11	7:12	7:12	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:14	7:14	7:14	7:15	7:15	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:18	7:18	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:21	7:21	7:21

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.0	8:13	7:10
2	11.0	8:13	7:11
3	11.0	8:12	7:11
4	11.0	8:11	7:12
5	11.0	8:11	7:12
6	11.0	8:10	7:13
7	11.1	8:10	7:13
8	11.1	8:09	7:13
9	11.1	8:08	7:14
10	11.1	8:08	7:14
11	11.1	8:07	7:14
12	11.1	8:06	7:15
13	11.2	8:05	7:15
14	11.2	8:05	7:16
15	11.2	8:04	7:16
16	11.2	8:03	7:16
17	11.2	8:02	7:17
18	11.3	8:02	7:17
19	11.3	8:01	7:17
20	11.3	8:00	7:18
21	11.3	7:59	7:18
22	11.3	7:58	7:19
23	11.4	7:57	7:19
24	11.4	7:57	7:19
25	11.4	7:56	7:20
26	11.4	7:55	7:20
27	11.4	7:54	7:20
28	11.5	7:53	7:20
29	11.5	7:52	7:21
30	11.5	7:51	7:21
31	11.5	7:50	7:21

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.09 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.88 kWh/m² to a high of 9.11 kWh/m² in December across the year — August's 6.09 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.6	Bright
2	5.6	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.7	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.8	Bright
8	5.8	Bright
9	5.8	Bright
10	5.8	Bright
11	5.9	Bright
12	5.9	Bright
13	6.0	Bright
14	6.0	Intense
15	6.0	Intense
16	6.1	Intense
17	6.1	Intense
18	6.2	Intense
19	6.2	Intense
20	6.2	Intense
21	6.3	Intense
22	6.3	Intense
23	6.4	Intense
24	6.4	Intense
25	6.4	Intense
26	6.5	Intense
27	6.5	Intense
28	6.6	Intense
29	6.6	Intense
30	6.7	Intense
31	6.7	Intense

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Calama?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

8.7

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

4.4

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Calama for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Calama in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Calama sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 4°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer.

sun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Calama in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Calama peaks around January 1 at about 17 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 11 at about 7 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	17	16	15	11	9	7	7	10	13	15	16	17
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	17	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	7	High
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	15	Extreme
Nov	16	Extreme
Dec	17	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Calama?

Calama sits at 22.5°S, 68.9°W, 2,275 m above sea level, in Chile. The nearest listed city is San Pedro de Atacama, 90 km away.

Topography around Calama

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Calama.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Calama has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 119 m around an average of 2,268 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,554 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,822 m.

The land around Calama is covered by artificial surfaces (56%) and bare terrain (29%) within 3 km, bare terrain (94%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (99%) within 80 km.

3 km

119 m

artificial surfaces 56%

16 km

1,554 m

bare terrain 94%

80 km

3,822 m

bare terrain 99%

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← July Calama year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: San Pedro de Atacama 90 km · Tocopilla 137 km · Antofagasta 201 km · Pozo Almonte 261 km · Alto Hospicio 272 km · Iquique 280 km · Uyuni 311 km · Villazón 345 km

Chile travel facts

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Power plugs: Type C / F / L; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 48% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $17,995; 2025
Happiness: 6.3 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 98%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 6.3; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 14.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
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Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Calama (-22.4567°, -68.9237°, elevation 2,275 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	3
2	20	3
3	20	3
4	20	3
5	20	3
6	20	4
7	20	4
8	20	4
9	20	4
10	20	4
11	20	4
12	20	4
13	20	4
14	20	4
15	20	4
16	20	4
17	20	4
18	20	4
19	20	4
20	20	4
21	20	4
22	20	4
23	20	4
24	20	4
25	20	4
26	20	4
27	20	5
28	20	5
29	21	5
30	21	5
31	21	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	91	9
2	91	9
3	91	9
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	92	8
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	94	6
31	94	6

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	3
2	20	3
3	20	3
4	20	3
5	20	3
6	20	4
7	20	4
8	20	4
9	20	4
10	20	4
11	20	4
12	20	4
13	20	4
14	20	4
15	20	4
16	20	4
17	20	4
18	20	4
19	20	4
20	20	4
21	20	4
22	20	4
23	20	4
24	20	4
25	20	4
26	20	4
27	20	5
28	20	5
29	21	5
30	21	5
31	21	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	91	9
2	91	9
3	91	9
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	92	8
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	94	6
31	94	6

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	3
2	20	3
3	20	3
4	20	3
5	20	3
6	20	4
7	20	4
8	20	4
9	20	4
10	20	4
11	20	4
12	20	4
13	20	4
14	20	4
15	20	4
16	20	4
17	20	4
18	20	4
19	20	4
20	20	4
21	20	4
22	20	4
23	20	4
24	20	4
25	20	4
26	20	4
27	20	5
28	20	5
29	21	5
30	21	5
31	21	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	91	9
2	91	9
3	91	9
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	92	8
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	94	6
31	94	6

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100